As Altair walked into class, he could see all the eyes staring into him. It felt like they could see everything wrong with him. As he walked into class, he was greeted by his teacher.
He was wearing a black top hat with a red stripe around his hat and a feather at the top, a tuxedo with a red ribbon, red hair that was fluffy and spiky, and an evil grin. The man had green eyes; he HAD GLOVES.
His name was
Mr. Whereabouts.
Mr. Whereabouts: "And who might ya be?" as he was touching the top of his hat.
Altair: "I'm Altair. I'm new to this school and just transferred to this school."
Mr. Whereabouts: "You're pretty short, huh kid? Shorter than the average kid, that's for sure. You got strange purple eyes; I never saw anything like that. What's up with you?"
Altair wasn't sure if that was a compliment but just assumed that it was.
Mr. Whereabouts stared at the child for a little longer, then smirked.
Mr. Whereabouts: "Go take a seat somewhere, kid. You arrived just in time; I was about to start my lesson, aye?"
Altair: "Yeah, okay..."
The classroom was pretty big, with around 100 people in it. He began walking up the seats and looked around to find somewhere to sit, preferably alone or isolated in some corner where he could just be himself. As he started walking upstairs, he noticed Luna sitting in between her two friends.
Luna: "Hey, Jessica, switch spots with me,"
Luna whispered.
Jessica: "Wait, why?"
Luna: "Just switch with meeeeeeee!"
Jessica: "Ah, fine."
The two girls were ever confused. As Altair found a nice corner at the top of the classroom, all of a sudden he hears:
Luna: "HEY, ALT!"
Altair: "Huh, wha—"
All of a sudden, he was pulled into a seat. As he turned around, he saw the girl again.
Altair: "Luna?!"
Altair: "Why did you—??"
Luna put her finger on Altair's lip.
Luna: "Shh, class is gonna start."
Altair only looked forward. He could see people looking at him with strange faces. He could tell other people behind him were staring at him; it felt like 100 eyes stabbing at the back of his head. But he refused to look back. He could also see her two friends having displeased faces, which was no surprise to him.
_Why did she pull me next to her seat? Is it that..._
He didn't even bother to finish his thought. Altair thought about it in his mind.
_Wait, did she call me Alt again? I must be going crazy. Still, it bothered him after so many years; why now? Why was he having these delusions?_
Altair: "Sorry, not to be rude, but I really do prefer sitting..."
Before he could even finish his sentence, Luna pulled super close to Altair's face. Then she put her lips to Altair's ears.
Luna: "Shh. Enjoy the silence."
Altair's heart was pounding heavily; Luna could hear it. Mr. Whereabouts finally started his lesson. All the students started attentively paying attention.
Mr. Whereabouts: "Well, let me get straight to the point, why don't I? This lesson will have 3 parts. Ya listening? 1st part is about The Source, or more specifically, manipulating cosmic energy. Ya ready?"
Everyone got their laptops out and began typing and started taking notes.
Mr. Whereabouts: "Well, all... or most people have superpowers in this world. Unnatural, uncanny powers that we can use for everyday life, fighting... or killing. It's something everyone has access to in this world. Essentially, in our body, we have something called a 'Source.' Everything comes from it. The reason is that we're all connected to 'The Source.' Everything and everyone originated from it. A more detailed lesson will be given later. Having this thing in our body allows us to manipulate the energy in the cosmos, which fuels and gives us power, being able to do extraordinary things. Essentially, the key to unlocking these different powers is being able to manipulate cosmic energy properly and effectively, making sure you're able to channel it through your body, then your soul properly, striking it perfectly. This task is tedious and difficult and does take time. Ya listening? So I better not see any of ya slacking off. Some of ya can manipulate a little bit of it, which is pretty impressive, but still nothing compared to what you should be able to do. Anyways, once you're able to manipulate this cosmic energy, you can finally take the 1st step."
Altair, in his mind: _First step?_
Everyone in the classroom had a shocked expression on their face.
Mr. Whereabouts: "Yes, the first step. As all of you know, you are all what we describe as in a 'Slumber State.' To get out of that, you must take the first step."
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A man was walking through a cold, barren wasteland. He had a lantern out, covered in heavy winter clothes. He had his lantern out, walking through the barren, cold land, walking aimlessly, hoping to find something, until he finally found something. A sign that said:
!ERROR! DO NOT CROSS!!!!!
The man whispered under his cold and raggedy breath: "Finally, is this it??"
He walked past the sign as the cold was making him feel like he was going crazy. A strong stench of death was around the area. Extremely powerful energy was around the area. His heart was pumping.
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The ground started crackling. The area got slowly harder to breathe in. Something was wrong; something was extremely, extremely, extremely, extremely wrong. The air got tougher and harder. It was hard to see as snow was raining hard; all he could make out were bones—large bones—around the area. The storm got more powerful as his lantern started shaking. All of a sudden, as he looked past the storm, he could see something.
It was the silhouette of a man, who kept marching towards him...